Past Events
Past Events
MCNY Kids Art Studio
Join us each week for a fun, hands-on art experience inspired by the Museum’s exhibitions and collection. This drop-in program is designed especially for children ages 3 and up and the adults who care for them.
Earth Day—Online!
Download activities and storytime videos to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day with the Museum of the City of New York.
Past Event | P Credit Course: People of New York
Examine the past, present, and future of the city through the lives of individual New Yorkers in this P Credit course for educators.
POSTPONED: ACLU at 100: The Women Who Shaped and Continue to Shape Civil Liberties
ACLU leaders, activists, and artists consider the organization's long legacy of defending women's rights.
POSTPONED: Educator Day | Who Counts: Exploring the Census through Identity and Art
In this free, all-day event for educators, celebrate Census Day 2020 by exploring the power of data to explore identity.
POSTPONED: Digging Who We Are: The Archaeology of Everyday New Yorkers
Archaeologists discuss how their discoveries enliven and humanize census data and shed light on the diverse people who have made our city.
POSTPONED: Member Previews: Rising Tide
Members can enjoy early access to Rising Tide before the exhibition opens to the public! Member Previews will take on Wednesday, April 1 from 10 AM to 6 PM during Museum hours.
Exhibitions
He Built This City
Explore Joe Macken’s monumental model and discover the extraordinary vision behind one of the most ambitious handmade representations of New York City ever created.
The Occupied City
This immersive exhibition transforms the Museum's third floor into a vivid journey through Revolutionary-era New York.
Another Wonderland
Celebrates the rescue and restoration of a major New Deal–era mural cycle created for the children’s ward at Gouverneur Hospital, featuring Lewis Carroll’s beloved characters exploring 1930s New York City.
Halumii Ktapihna
Encounter the enduring presence and living cultures of the Lenape/Lunáapeew—the original people of Lenapehoking/Lunaapeewáhkiing, the land now known as New York City and its surrounding region.
